India at the 2004 Summer Olympics
India competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The Indian Olympic Association sent a total of 73 athletes, 48 men, and 28 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's field hockey was the only team-based sport in which India had its representation in these Olympic games. As a pleasant surprise, the shooting team came successful with a silver medal, the winner being Capt. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He was the first Indian to win an individual silver medal.
Several Indian athletes came close to increasing the medal haul, finishing in fourth place, including Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes in tennis men's doubles and Kunjarani Devi in weightlifting women's 48 kg category.
Sanamacha Chanu originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after being tested positive for furosemide.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Athletics | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| Badminton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Boxing | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shooting | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 48 | 25 | 73 | 43 |
Archery
Three Indian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.;Men
;Women
Athletics
Indian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | |||||
| Soma Biswas | Result | 13.86 | 1.70 | 12.01 | 24.50 | 5.92 | 44.84 | 2:12.27 | 5965 | 24 |
| Soma Biswas | Points | 998 | 855 | 662 | 933 | 825 | 760 | 932 | 5965 | 24 |
| Shobha Javur | Result | 13.53 | 1.67 | 12.52 | 23.41 | 6.36 | 44.36 | 2:17.28 | 6172 | 11 |
| Shobha Javur | Points | 1046 | 818 | 696 | 1038 | 962 | 751 | 861 | 6172 | 11 |
Field hockey
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
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;5th-8th Place Semifinal
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;7th-8th Place Final
Rowing
Indian rowers qualified the following boats:;Men
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
Indian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
Eight Indian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:;Men
;Women
Swimming
;WomenWeightlifting
Three Indian weightlifters qualified for the following events:Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman